lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2009]   [May]   [10]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
From
SubjectRe: 2.6.27.19 + 28.7: network timeouts for r8169 and 8139too
Date
On Sun May 10 2009, Michael Riepe wrote:
>
> Michael Buesch wrote:
>
> >>It seems to me that this particular chip really doesn't like MSI.
> >
> >
> > I can confirm this. I tried with msi enabled and it starts breaking
> > after a few seconds of heavy transfers. Disabling MSI results in a reliable connection.
> >
> > Maybe we should disable MSI as temporary workaround for affected chips?
>
> Yep. It may not solve the problem, but it's a lot better than turning
> MSI off for everything, including apparently working NICs that use the
> same driver(s).
>

Lucky people, at least you have a device specific driver. ;)
No device specific driver for the Via PCI-to-PCIe bridge (1106:324B)
used in the CX700 chip set.
(and the 8139too driver is not acting up on this machine.)

Not a problem in my case, building without MSI support gives up very little.

Mike


\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2009-05-10 19:11    [W:0.378 / U:0.188 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site